ZSL #013: Cetacean by-catch: casting the net for solutions

07/09/2018 27 min
ZSL #013: Cetacean by-catch: casting the net for solutions

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Episode Synopsis

By-catch is defined as the accidental entanglement of non-target species in fishing gear and is a principal cause of strandings for cetaceans.  Monni is joined by researchers from the Cetaceans Strandings Investigations Programme (CSIP) and its partners to discuss by-catch as both a welfare and a conservation issue.  With the scale of fishing in global oceans increasing, what solutions are available to reduce the impact of by-catch on cetacean populations around our shores?

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